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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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